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Most of the land in the Forest Management Unit is covered by c<strong>on</strong>iferous forest dominated by<br />

Pinus keysia (see Table 2). However, it does support some smaller areas of broadleaved<br />

evergreen forest.<br />

D'Ran Watershed Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest<br />

D'Ran Watershed Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest was formerly known as D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g Police Forest<br />

Management Unit, the name was changed following Decisi<strong>on</strong> 2828/QD-UBND issued <strong>on</strong> 29<br />

October 2008 by Lam D<strong>on</strong>g Provincial Peoples Committee. D'Ran Watershed Protecti<strong>on</strong><br />

Forest now is directly managed by D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g District Peoples Committee.<br />

D'Ran Watershed Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest covers Da R<strong>on</strong>, Lac Lam and Lac Xuan communes, and<br />

Thanh My and D’ran district towns. The main objectives of this Forest Management Unit is<br />

to:<br />

• Protect and develop forest in a sustainable manner;<br />

• Increase forest cover;<br />

• Protect forest ecosystems;<br />

• Protect soil against erosi<strong>on</strong>;<br />

• Maintain water recharge capacity of land;<br />

• Ensure effective use of bare land;<br />

• Protect the forests which surround the Da R<strong>on</strong> irrigati<strong>on</strong> reservoir, the M’Rang<br />

irrigati<strong>on</strong> and the Da Nhim reservoirs.<br />

D'Ran Watershed Protecti<strong>on</strong> Forest is almost entirely covered by c<strong>on</strong>iferous forest dominated<br />

by Pinus keysia (see Table 2). It also supports a small area of broadleaved evergreen forest.<br />

D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g Forest Company<br />

D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g Forest Company is a state owned company established by Decisi<strong>on</strong> 134/QD-UB<br />

issued <strong>on</strong> 30 September 2002 by Lam D<strong>on</strong>g Provincial Peoples Committee as D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g<br />

Forest Enterprise. On 22 August 2008, D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g Forest Enterprise was c<strong>on</strong>verted into D<strong>on</strong><br />

Du<strong>on</strong>g Forest Company under Decisi<strong>on</strong> 2267/QD-UBND issued <strong>on</strong> 22 August 2008 by Lam<br />

D<strong>on</strong>g Provincial Peoples Committee. Following this Decisi<strong>on</strong> it is now directly managed by<br />

Lam D<strong>on</strong>g Provincial Peoples Committee.<br />

D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g Forest Company covers six communes, namely Lac Xuan, Ka Do, Pro, Ka D<strong>on</strong><br />

and Tu Tra, as well as Dran town (all in D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g District, Lam D<strong>on</strong>g Province).<br />

The main functi<strong>on</strong>s of D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g Forest Company are to protect, manage, utilize and<br />

develop the forest allocated to it. In coordinati<strong>on</strong> with local authorities it is to organize and<br />

mobilize participati<strong>on</strong> of local communities in forestry producti<strong>on</strong> and create jobs for them<br />

through issuing forest protecti<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tracts. D<strong>on</strong> Du<strong>on</strong>g Forest Company implements the<br />

following activities:<br />

• Manage and protect forests through planting trees, maintaining existing forest cover<br />

and enriching standing forests;<br />

• Exploit and process timber and n<strong>on</strong>-timber forest products from natural and planted<br />

forests;<br />

• Develop agro-forestry;<br />

• Design agro-forestry facilities and projects;<br />

• Develop a business mining and selling other c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> materials (e.g. st<strong>on</strong>e and<br />

sand);<br />

• Produce seeds of forest trees and provide agricultural services to local communities.<br />

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